Campaign 
Among  Colored  People 


Bulletin  XV 
United  War  Work  Campaign 
for  $170,500,000 
November  11-18,  1918 


SERIES  OF  CAMPAIGN  BULLETINS 

I.  Organization  in  the  City,  Large  or  Small 
II.  Organization  in  the  County 

III.  Preparation  and  Assignment  of  Lists 

IV.  Victory  Boys 
V.  Victory  Girls 

VI.  The  Campaign  among  Students 
VII.  The  Campaign  in  Industries 
VIII.  Publicity  Organization  and  Distribution 
IX.  Meetings:  How  to  Plan  and  Conduct 
X.  Campaign  in  Army  and  Navy  Camps 
XI.  Collection,  Custody,  and  Forwarding  of  Funds 
XII.  The  Precinct  Plan 

XIII.  The  Influenza  and  the  United  War  Work  Campaign 

XIV.  Why  We  Need  Much  More  Than  $170,500,000 
XV.  Campaign  Among  Colored  People 


Issued  by  the 
OFFICE  OF  THE  DIRECTOR  GENERAL 
347  Madison  Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


CAMPAIGN  AMONG  COLORED  PEOPLE 


In  response  to  the  call  of  the  Government  over  300,000  Colored  men 
promptly  responded  and  have  enlisted  with  the  Military  and  Naval 
forces.  They  have  made  good  soldiers  and  sailors  at  home  and  abroad. 
The  country  as  a  whole  and  the  Colored  people  in  particular,  have 
reason  to  be  proud  of  the  Colored  troops.  The  United  War  Work 
Campaign  with  its  Colored  Division  gives  the  10,000,000  Colored 
people  in  the  United  States  a  unique  and  definite  opportunity  to  exer- 
cise the  privilege  as  well  as  perform  their  duty,  in  subscribing  to  the 
fund  that  provides  for  the  physical,  social  and  moral  welfare  of  all 
enlisted  men. 

The  welfare  agencies  represented  by  the  United  War  Work  Cam- 
paign include  in  their  program  in  the  American  camps  and  Overseas, 
buildings  and  activities  for  the  exclusive  use  of  Colored  soldiers  and 
sailors.  Those  buildings  are  as  a  rule  manned  by  trained  Colored 
secretaries.  They  provide  a  home  for  the  men  away  from  home. 
Equipment  and  activities  in  the  Hut  develop  and  maintain  the  morale 
of  the  men,  helping  them  to  make  better  fighters,  and  when  the  war 
is  over  the  men  will  return  and  settle  down  as  better  citizens  because 
of  the  influence  of  the  -Welfare  Agencies.  These  agencies  will  be 
needed  more  than  ever  during  the  period  of  demobilization. 

ORGANIZATION  OBJECTIVE 

The  objective  of  the  Colored  Division  of  the  Campaign  is  to  en- 
courage the  local  committee  in  every  community  containing  a  Colored 
population,  large  or  small,  to  organize  a  committee  of  Colored  people 
responsible  for  presenting  the  claims  of  the  Campaign  to  every 
Colored  man  or  woman,  boy  or  girl,  able  to  subscribe  any  amount 
to  the  fund.  These  committees  should  represent  the  entire  adult 
Colored  population.  There  should  also  be  committees  for  Victory 
Boys  and  Victory  Girls  to  canvass  among  the  older  boys  and  girls. 
These  committees  should  all  be  related  to  the  general  Committee,  that 
all  canvassing  of  the  Colored  people  may  be  an  integral  part  of  the 
general  Campaign.  It  should  be  clearly  understood  that  the  Colored 
Division  committee  are  not  to  solicit  subscriptions  from  white  people. 


QUOTA 

As  the  Colored  Division  of  the  Campaign  should  produce  at  least 
$2,500,000,  the  minimum  quota  for  a  large  Colored  population  should 
be  equal  to  at  least  twenty-five  cents  per  capita.    In  order  to  insure  a 


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general  average  for  the  country,  whenever  possible,  local  quotas 
should  approach  as  near  as  possible  a  fifty  cents  per  capita  basi  I 
such  a  per  capita  is  to  be  raised  it  means  that  fully  one  hal  of  the 
of  leTol  ;  -b^-^bed  must  be  secured  from  a  small  proport  on 
to  $l  ono  n  P°P;^  f^°"-  Many  gifts  of  larger  sums  of^rom  $25 
to  $1,000  oi  more  will  have  to  be  secured  in  many  communities. 


CAMPAIGN  SLOGAN  FOR  COLORED  DIVISION 

As  4^;  of  the  population  of  the  United  States  has  entered  the  Army 
and  Navy,  it  is  fair  to  estimate  that  approximately  4'  ;.  of  the  Colored 
people  in  a  community  have  responded  to  the  volunteer  and  draft  calls 
of  the  Government.  For  every  1.000  Colored  people  in  a  community 
from  30  to  40  Colored  men  have  enlisted  in  the  Army,  Navy  or  Marines 
A  local  campaign  committee  should  organize  the  Colored  people  so 
that  they  can,  with  their  gifts,  get  back  of  the  Colored  soldiers  and 
sailors  who  have  left  the  community  and  are  so  creditably  representing 
the  nation  and  the  colored  race. 

A  campaign  slogan  can  be  adopted: 

Either  of  the  following  are  suggested 

  irom  the  Colored  people  to  back  the  Colored  fighters." 


or 


"Ten  dollars  for  every  Colored  fighter  from  our  (city  or  town) 
given  by  the  Colored  people." 


ORGANIZATION  PROCEDURE 

The  Department  and  State  Campaign  Committees  represent  the 
United  War  Work  National  Campaign  Committees. 

City  or  Town  Committees  unable  to  secure  information  concerning 
the  Colored  Division  from  either  the  County  or  District  Campaign 
Committee  should  communicate  with  the  State  or  Department  Head- 
quarters. Correspondence  and  organization  relationships  will  be 
directly  sustained  by  the  local  committee  with  the  State  headquarters 
and  the  State  with  Department  headquarters.  The  Department  Execu- 
tive Secretaries  for  the  Colored  Division  of  the  campaign  will  co- 
operate with  the  national  headquarters. 

GEORGE  T.  COXHEAD 
National  Executive  Secretary,  Colored  Division 
United  War  Work  Campaign 
347  Madison  Avenue 
New  York 


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COLORED  POPULATION  IN  UNITED  STATES 
(Census  of  1910) 
Distributed  by  Departments  and  States 


Northeastern  Department 


Connecticut  .  .  .  . 
Massachusetts  . 

Maine   

New  Hampshire 
Rhode  Island 
Vermont   


15,174 
38,055 
1,363 
564 
9,529 
1,621 


66,306 


Eastern  Department 

Delaware    31,181 

Dist.  of  Col   94,446 

Maryland  .    232,250 

New  Jersey    89,760 

New  York    134,191 

Pennsylvania    193,919 

Virginia    671,996 

West  Virginia   64,173 

1,511,916 


Southeastern  Department 

Alabama    908,282 

Florida    308,669 

Georgia   1,176,987 

Mississippi   1,009,487 

North  Carolina    697,843 

South  Carolina   835,843 

Tennessee    473,088 


Central  Department 

Colorado   

Illinois   

Indiana   

Iowa   

Kansas   

Kentucky   

Michigan   

Minnesota   

Missouri   

Nebraska   

North  Dakota  

South  Dakota  

Ohio  

Wisconsin   


Southern  Department 

Arizona   

Arkansas   

Louisiana   

New  Mexico   

Oklahoma   

Texas   


Western  Department 

California  

Idaho   

Montana   

Nevada   

Oregon   

Utah  

Washington  

Wyoming  


11,453 
109,049 
60,320 
14,973 
54,030 
261,656 
17,115 
7,084 
157,452 
7,689 
617 
817 
111,452 
2,900 

816,607 


2,009 
442,891 
713,877 

1,628 
137,612 

eoQ.oig 

1,907,066 


21,645 
651 
1,834 
513 
1,492 
1,144 
6,058 
2,235 

35,572 


5,410,199 

Total  Colored  Population  of  Country,  9,747,666. 

Northeastern,  Eastern  and  Central  Departments  increased  Colored 
population  about  25%  past  two  years. 

NATIONAL  QUOTA  FOR  COLORED  PEOPLE.  $2,500,000 

Department  and  State  quotas  will  be  arranged  by  the  Department 
Campaign  Committee  as  desired. 


